The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1877, Page 4

THE WRECKED RUSLAND, Condition of the Steamer on Long Branch Beach. HER CAPTAIN'S STATEMEN Gliding Ashore Without 2 Shoct---Transfer of the Passengers to this City, [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ) Loxe Braxcn, N. J., March 19, 1877, During the night the wind was biowing from the ‘west, and the sea remained very smooth untt! about hali-past twelve this afternoon, when the sea began to Tise and occasionally to break over the stern of the beached steamer Ruslana. The beach has been cov- ered with people from the surrounding country, many comivg tull twenty miles to see the ill tated veasel, which bas not changed her position since yesterday, She lies about 150 yards from the biuff, the bow being headed west of uorth, She lies over a little tothe starboard. The Captain remained on bourd all night. The passengers, some of the baggage and the maiis were sent to New York on the eight A. M. tran of the New Jersey Southern Railroad, m charge of the purser. Captain Morse, agent of Peter Wright & Co., of Philadelphia, who arrived last night, and Captain Merritt, of the Coast Wreck- ing Company, who now has charge of L’Amerique, boarded the Ruslandearly this morning, but did not mako arrangements at that time for unloading the cargo. ON BOARD THE SUP. The writer boarded the steamer about eleven o'clock this forenoon. ‘The sailors were taking down the rig- ging and clearing that portion of the vessel which was not filled with water. The decks were covered with {ce about half an inch thick, The starboard rail is broken att of the main- mast by the heavy breakers washing over her astern of the upper cabin. There are about three feet of water in the saloon, so that cushions, chairs and other light furniture are floaving around, and the racks in which the glassware is kept have becn broken; but there is little to bescen by a glance down the compapion way save the floating aébris. There are about fifteen feot of water in the engine room, Of tourso, it will be impossible to get at the freight until the water fs out of the ship. ‘THE CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT. I found Captain De Horsey on deck directing the tailors at their work, He, however, gave me a fow moments in conversation and made the following Statement relative to the disaster :— “Ou Thursday evening, at eight o’clock, we took on Pilot Benjamin Simonson, from pilot boat Isaac Webb, on George's Banks, 270 miles from the lightsbip, At eight bells—that is, noon—on Friday we stopped ship and took observations, On Saturday it was very thick, with occasional falls of snow, There was no can- vas spread, and I ordered the vessel to kept half a point to the windward of ber course, thereby making allowance tor the easterly wind and set of the tide, Atsix F. M. on Suturduy 1 ‘stopped the ship and made a sounding. We had twenty-eight fathoms of water, and the mud pn the lead ugreed with our reckoning. At eight P. M. wo stopped again, ‘and our Soundings told twenty fathoms At nine o'clock P, M. the grounding indicated twenty fathoms, and clinging to the lead were some sea cakes, that are rarcly tound west of Fire Island. We thought that we were near tho Long Island coust, aud a bright lookout | wus kept tor Fire Island light and the Highland lights, At ten P. M. we sounded again and got sixteen fath- oms, and the bottom agreed with our reckoning, At 10:35 the steamer struck. No SHOCK. “The pilot and myself were on the bridge at the timo ‘und the ship went onthe siods so easily that for a moment I thought we were not going aground. I signaled at once to back her, but she was stuck fast in thesand. None of the passengers were awakened ana none knew of the accident until they were called for breaktast. We saw there was no danger and locked up the steerage to prevent any disturbance on deck umong the passengers, When daylight camo and tho sur(boats came olf, the stecrage passengers were re- moved, six ata time, with their baggage, without any injury to person or property. The ehip 1s full of water, T imagine, but of course I cannot tell certainly, that ‘the leak in the stern was caused by «strain on one of the thrust bearings of the propeller as it turned in the sand.’” Captain De Horsey bas been in the employment of the American Steamship Company tor nearly three years, and has the reputation of being an excellent commander, UNLOADING TO BEGIN TO-DAY. Mr. C. A. Griscom, of the firm of Peter Wright & Sons, arrived at Long Branch by special train at three o'clock P. M. d immediately went to the Rusland, where arrangements were made with the coast Wrecking Company for the unloading of tho cargo, which will be commenced immediately. The ship is now in charge of Captain Merritt, One pump and en, gine have been put on board, and orders have been gent for lighters and two more pumps and engines, which will be set up on the Rusland in the morning. The greater portion of the freight will be sent to New York by the lighters if the weather permits. Captain De Horsey and most of the officers of the Rusland came ashore this evening, as there is no sleeping accommodation on the steamer. The party 4s domiciled at the New York Hotel. The wiad is biow- ing {rom the southeast, with snow squalls, Do not think it will injare the steamer now on this beach, There are tour or five Custom House officers here at present on the lookout for smuggled goods if there Should be any on tne Rusland, THE PASSENGERS IN THIS CITY. ‘The rescued passengers of the steamer Rusland ar- rived in town yesterday morning via Sandy Hook. They wore housed at the East End, American and West tind hotels from Sunday night until yesterday morning, when they were transportea to the New Jer- sey Southern Railroad Depot, thence by rail to the Sandy Hook dock, where the steamer Josse Hoyt was im waiting to bring them to New York, The cabin pas- songers went either to hotels or to their homes, and the steerage people, to the number of 120, were conducted to | Castle Garden, They did not remain here long, & few wore destined for New York. of the steerage passenges were farmers and laborers who had purchased tickets at through to San Francisco, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Chicago, As most of their baggago was transferred s only The majority from the steumer before they left Long | Braveh, no delay was occasioned, and the | ayents' of the stcamship company, after see- mg that a dinner was provided, shipped tho immigrants on their westward journey, An Italian Woman, Without occupation, and two German musi- cians are ail of the party who remained in New York. The scene at Castie Garden when the shipwreck Voyagors arrived was such as is to be seen on any day when an immigrant ship arrives in port. The men id Women seemed noue the worse for their perilous experience, und an uninformed observer would have supposed they came {rom a steamer lately berthed at one of the Hudson River dock: A MUTHER'S COOLNESS. As is usual in cases of shipwreck, no one seemsjto 6 observed what Was going on aboard ship from the o the accident occurred until all danger was over. Minatest details of what happened on shore are pien- tiful, but any coherent story of the scene on the ship's deck during the ue is difficult to obtain, often been told tli Jo the face of danger, are as wild and unmanageabio us startied birds, but when the fate of others, their children especially, are dependent on coolness they are cool and coliected beyond the power of men to be. case of Mrs. Duysters in this last shipwreck is a case in joint. She stood upon the deck of the steamer in a Jinding suowsturm, with a child at either band, and calmly awaited her turn, While waiting she dis- covered that the life car, by which most of the passen- gare were being transferred to shore, was wet «4 uncomfortable, ry e¢ was cool enough Instead of going ashore in the lite ‘at her own request lowered, with her (we ary Although 1t was snowing at the time (ue car she w children, mto a surf boat and orought to shore ae a chip. ship struck the wind was not high and to this fortunate accident the success of the rescue must be al- tributed = Mra, on the ship being wundectded for satest method of Having decided that ‘diy a choiwe between the satety of ted herself to an investigation of the dryness, and her decision, as stated, favored the boats. Few ladies would have cared to land the sandy beach at Long Branch over the breakers to avoid the discomforts of a damp life car. Mrs. Duysters says Duysters remained alt a iciadieneieiaaiiads be | | the best legal talent of this city and Now Jersoy, Mrs, Antwerp | Iv bas | women without a responsibility, | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1877. that the captain and officers paid every attention to the comfort of the passen; il oe she speaks in the highest terms of the discipline on board the Rusiand. MRS DUYSTERS’ COMPANIONS IN THE CALIN. Messrs. Frank McCall and Otto Pekler were fellow passengers in the cabin with Mrs. Duysters and her daughter Adravina and her son Ernest. ‘THE SHIP'S PAPERS AND CARGO, Mr. Bambridge, the purser of the Rusiand, came to town yesterday on the boat with the passengers, and brought the ship’s papers, which were saved uu- damaged, The cargo of the Rusland con- sists . of the following —_articles:—I'wenty-one cases pl gins, 673 cases window glass, 1,00 cases window glass, 312 cases window glass, 64 cases window glass, 720 cases window glass, 1,046 cases window glass, 1,099 cases window glass, 965 cases window glass, 266 cases window gluss, 186 cases window glass, 43 cases window ginss, 45 cases piace glass, 46 cases plate glass, 2,064 cases window glass, 122 crses window glass, 1,716 cases window ‘glass, 1,000 cases window ylaas, O71 cases window 3, 310 cases window glass, 1,183 cases window glass and 7 envelopes, 67 cases plato glass, 30 cases window glass, 3 cases glassware, 1,161 cases window glass, 67 cases window glass, 21 cases plate glass, 6 cases glassware, 100 cases plate glass, u baies cloth, 250 bales old paper, 286 bales old paper, 19 cases paving tiles, 1 case piants, 7 cases paper foods, 1 case oil paintings, 25 cases mirrors, 1 case aniline, cases Prussian blue, 1 case colors, 44 cases boneblack, 10 casks wine, 12’ cases roiled zinc, 4 cases straw stresses, 21 bales greasy wool, 1,000 pi yn wire, 26 cases ultramarine, 28 cases crystal, 16 cases wine, 1 burrel. brandy, "2 casks wine, 5” cases personal effects, &c, 1 case chasubles, 1 barrel wine, 1 case gun barrels, 1 case hides, 1 box merchandise, 1 caso merchandise, 1 case colors, 127 bales empty bage, 103 bales empty bags, 213 bales rags, 26 bales rays, 7 caxcs sheet iron, 120 bales old paper, 1 ton putty, 8 cases iron leaves, 1 barrel chiccory, 3 cases sheep roans, 9 cnses paper, 6 cases tartar, 40 packages ultramarine, | 100 bales rags, 2 cases church ornaments for Savaunah, | L parcel of books, 1 caso arms, 3 cases paper buttons, | 11 casks wino, 2 cases silks, 20 bales Max and 21 casks and 1 package miacelianeous, BLUE GLASS. Much of the glass in the cargu 18 mazarino blue, and it is expected that most of it will be saved, Several heavy dealers in New York aro very anxious about the | glass, for the dratt ou the stock on hand has been so | great of late that in the event of tho loss of this cous signment the market will he bare, OFF SHORE PILOTAGE ‘This winter, with its ghastly record of shipwrecks on the Long Island and New Jersey shores, poivts an argument tn favor of inaking off shore pilotage com- puisory, In many instances ships bave been stranded with pilots on board, but they have not been in charge, and, consequently, were not responsible for the acci- dents. LDAMERIQUE. Loxe Braycu, March 19, 1877. Captain Merritt states that be moved the Ameriqué fifty feet off shore at full tide on Sunday forenoon. He suys it was the first working sea they have bad since the ship has been ashore. Ho also states that if he gets another working sea, with a good southeasterly wind, the Ameriqué wiil leave the Jersey coast. MOTHER AGAINST SON. REOPENING OF THE MULOCK CASE IN NEWARE— TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS’ WORTH OF PROPERTY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OB- TAINED BY FRAUD. The celebrated suit of Mulock va, Mulock, wherein Mrs, Maria Mulock, a wealthy widow lady of this city, sues her only son, William G, Mulock, to recover prop- erty in Newark valued at between $175,000 and $200,000, alleged to have been conveyed to him through fraud, was reopened before Vice Chancellor Van Fleet in Chambers, in Newark, yesterday aftervoon, Tho litigation was commenced more thun a year ago, the complainant and the defendant being reprosented by Mulock 1s in her eighty-seventh year, and 1s the widow of William Matlock, a well known lawyer of Nassau street, who, after accumulating a large fortune, died many years ago In Brussels, Belgium. At his death he bequeathed his estate in this city, Staten Island and Newark to his wife, who was to take good care of their three daughters and one son, the dofendant, ORIGIN OF TUX BUIT. Mrs, Mulock, in her complaint, sets fortn that she entrusted the management of her property and her estate largely to her son, who, until a recent period, resided with ber in the family mansion in East ‘Thirty-eighth street, this city. Owing to her advanced age and the implicit faith she placed in his honesty and integrity she empowered him to act as her confl- dential agent, to collect rents, pay bills due by her, at- papers to be signed by her and look out for their com- | mon interests. Im all these, sho alleges, he has | failed avd has grossly betrayed the trust imposed in him, he having collected moneys as ber agent which he has failed to account for, and has conveyed to him- self through fraud the property at Nos. 27, 24, 8 and 16 Cross street, Nos, 420, 422, 426 Broad street, and Nos ‘111 and 112 Market street, Newark. She inukes oath that she never execuied the conveyances or either of them; that sho was never requested to do so, and that the ouly way sho can account for ber signature to the deeds tu the same 18 that 1t was obtained by ber son by trick and by arti- fice on his part, aod that she executed the same (if ut ali) Supposing and believing that the deeds were re- lenses or ussiguments or something of that nature proper and necessary (or her to execute in the trans. action of her business, as she was frequently required | to do. She therelore brings suit to have the property reconveyed to ber, the several deeds and conveyances to be declared void, and that he be required to give an account of the moneys received by him for rents, and that an mjunction restraining him from receiving rents ana enjoining him from selling, mortgaging or encumbering the property be granted. ‘THE DKFENDANT’S ANSWER. William G. Mulock answers the allegations of bis mother by admitting that he acted as her agent, that he collected, puid bills, drew up papers, bonus, deeds, assignments and checks, bat that in all such cases he received advice tnd instructions from ber and went ac- cording to ber directions, He acknowledges that she relied on his honesty and integrity, but says that she knew’tully the contents of any such papers executed by her; and that be always tuok good care to acquaint | her at all mes of any papers tnat be presented to ber for hor signature, As regards the deeds to the prop- erty in Nowark, he says that they were proper and were signed by her, she knowing the conteats beforo affixing her signature to the sume; that the property was given him in obedi@nce to the request of his fatber, who stipulated before his death that he (Wititam) should have a larger sbare of the estate than the three daughters, THE TRIAL When the suit was brougut both sides appeared with many witnesses, and the Vice Chancellur was em- pioyed over it for two seasons. The complatnunt and her daughter, Mrs. Fanny Byrnes, reiterated that the whole transaction Was @ traud, and were sustained by others, The ‘‘only son’? produced testimony to show that bis mother knew that she had g:ven him the property, and endeavored tu show that be was the | Victim of @ conspiracy concected by his sisters and others. The cuse would have been closed during the winter, but the defence discovered two new and important’ witnesses, aud argued betore Chanceilor Rouyon in January fora new hearing. Tno Chancel- lor, to the dismay of the counsel for the com- plainant and to the surprise of the legal fraternity throughout New Jersey, deviated from the beaten path and granted the motion, and the case was re- opened yesterday afternoon, A NEW WITNESS, Mrs, Muiock appeared in Vice Chancellor Van Fleet's court room, accompanied by ber daughter, dirs, | Byrnes, Mr, Cortelyou, of New York, and diewars. dlc+ | Carter ‘anu’ Eliott, her counsel. The defendant was present with his counsel, Mr, Dudley Field, Jr., of Now York, Mr. D. R. Garniss, of New York, and United | States Commissioner Whitebead, ot Newark, No sign of recognition passed between mother and son, neither was there any sign Of emotion manitested on eithe side, it evidently being a case of ‘war to the knife,” | and no prospects of @ compromise or a reconciliation between them. Ove of the new witnesses proved to be Mr. Wright Robins, formerly of Metuchen, N, J., but now a resi- dent of this city. Upoo bemg'sworn he testified that he was personally acquainted with Mrs, Maria Mulock, the complainant; tuat he met her at Coney 1 during the season of 1870; while there he was passing axot the hotel at which himself and ping, and Was requested to stop and | along the pi | family were st 1 | sit down by his wile, who was chatting with Mrs. Mulock; be did so, and during the conversation that followed he said that Mrs, Mulock told him that she | lad deeded the property, now the subject of litigation, | to her son William, With whom she was well istied; witness also said that Mrs, Mulock told himself and wife at the same sitting that she had given each of her three daughters a brown stone house, aud that when she died the remainder of ber property would be evenly divided among them; she repeated these words and he remembered them, Aftor- ward Witness said that he met the defendant at the Market Street Depot in Newark and he tasked to bim about the case; that he reminded him of what bis mother bad told him at Coney Island, and that after- | ward he was summoned. Witness, in reply to Mr. MoCarter, of counsel for the complainant, said that his niece Was at one time engaged to be married to William G. Mulock, and that Mrs. Mulock promised to give | ber a present of diamonds; he became greatly onfused when asked if bis niece had not died previous | vo the alleged promise, He said be couldn't remem- ber; in fuct be was ugable to say. He however re- iterated ttat Mrs. Mulock had certainly said that sie had deeded the Newark property to her son. The wifo of the witness was calied, but it being shown that she isan Invalid in this city a commission wus appointed to take her evid This completed, the case will be sumtned nd the Vice Chancellor will render his d The case excites gi interest from the social standing of those interested im it, and opivion 1s about evenly divided as to the ver- dict Mrs, Mulock was a widow when she married her Jast husband, and has three daughters by her first marriage living in Brooklyn, It is said that she and ber daughters by her last husband do not as- sociate with them, It is also said that tho three daughters bave been married and havo been ui- Yorced irom their husbands. Mrs. Mulock’s wealth is estimated at over haifa million dollars, The defend- ant recently figured to a case of assault and battery in the courts in this city and came off the victor, tend to, the sale of property, invest money, prepare, SHALL WOMEN PREACH ? THE BAPTISTS ANSWER YES AND NO—THE METH- ODISTS STILL ITINERATING, Pau! was evidently a very poor executive, how- ever good a preacher he may have been in iis time. He lett things at odds apd ends ip bis episties, so that after eighteen centuries bis successors have not been able to settle the question of his relationship to women in the Chureh, Some think that he was a sour old bachelor who was opposed to the other sex on princl- ple, and that acting out those convictions he wrote to the Church at Corinth, and also to bis friend Timothy that women should not be allowed to speak in meeting, aud if they wanted to learn anything they must wait till they got home from church and then ask their lords, But what if the husband bad not been to church, or what it ho had been absorbed while there 1m mental stock speculations and did not hear what the minister preached about, how could he give his wife the in- formation she sought? Paul ought to have settled this important question, or Joft it at least in better shape than it is at present, and thereby reheved his Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist successors in tho ministry from their presentembarrasement, The latter | have bad the topic uader discussion in one phase or auother for several weeks, Yesterday Dr. Reid, of Williamsburg, read an essay on it, in which he took | the ground that what Paul meant Was that the woman | should notask such curious questions in public us would show superior knowledge to men or lead to the usurpa- tion of the authority which mehtfully belongs to men, Paul merely proibited women doing any religious act that would uasex them or displace them from the posi- tion in which God and nature have put them—namely, in subjection to man. Therefore the Doctor would grant women the tullest liberty in the Cuurch save to ordain or make pastors of them. Hoe trated bis point on the questioning of wowen by Jesus going into the Temple and asking the doctors of the law such questions as nonplussed them aod showed his superior Knowledge, in 4 woman such a thing would of course | be very reprebensible, Brother Yerkes favored women taking part in religious services i they did not take | away the authority of men, Dr. Fish, of Newark, would give them ail the rights in church that men havo gave to be orduined as pastors, Brother Folwell, of Williamsburg, hud some trouble to get the women of his chureh to take part in the rocial mectings when he first. wont there, bet now they do so very effectively. The women like to have the prohibitive view of the Scriptures taken, that they may escape this duty, ag some of them feel it to be, But give them the true view and they will readily respond, Broiber Fox thought there were very lew women who wanted to preach and fewer who wanted to come out and hear them, But it, us Dr. Reid argues, tho women can speak before a social meeting of one, two or threo huudred persons, he could vot see the’ consistency ot devyiog them the right to preach also, Itis the merest bairsphtting plea. But the woman question will solve itsel!, as it is doing now in the case of Mrs, Hanuford in Jersey City, There are, he thought, many occasions when it would be well tor womer to preach, Brother Blank was sorry that Faul bad not enjoined many men from talking in church, for then many bores und fools could be squelched, AN ILLOGICAL POSITION. Brother Hedden was surprised that brethren should quote the text requiring the woman to learn of her husband at home, in this discussion, as in any way ex- Pplaining or permitting women to take part in social meetings, That is their strongest point against her ordination, If they give that away they cannot reiuse the other. Brother Wayland Hoyt struck what is probably tho true keynote of Paul's probibition and the practice of the Church on this question, when he said that we must take our inspiration from the secoud chapter of Acts, when the Holy Ghost on tho Day of Pentecost fell upon the women as well as the men in that upper room in Jerusalem, and the cloven tongues, a8 of fire, rested on the heads of the former as weil as on tue latter, And Poter explained the phenom- Gna as a fulfilment of the prophecy of Joel, thatiu the latter days God would pour out his spirit upon the daughters as well as on tho sons, and they should r preach ubd teach, And the ministry of the gi t fact in the world, the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, was given toa woman, Then tho case of the woinan of Samaria was in poiut, where the Savioar gave emphasis when preaching whereby many men believed on Him. Therefore, Brother Hoyt would give the womenevery right in the Church that men have, save to usurp autbority over men. There is uo evidence in the New Testament that prayer mee.ings composed exclusively of women were held, But both sexes wero together. It is not only proper but the bounden duty of women to tell what God has done tor them, and the churches have lost immensely by shut- ting women’s voices out of their meetings. He would give more for Miss Smuey’s interpretation of tho Scriptures than for that of all the books le has in his library. And in the proportion that women tako part the powor of God comes down oa tho mectings of the Church. Dr. Knapp tilustrated this point by ex- amples irom his miuistry, and added thatin more than thirty revivals in which bo bad taken part he never knew one that was not started by godiy women. Brother Leavell thought that Mary Magdalene told the story of the resurrovtion to one or two men, and they set iton its travels, The woman of Samuriqalso gave ber information to one or two men, and they set the report going. But he did not believe that either women nor any woman in the apostolic church ad- dressed public gatherings of men and women, He was opposed to the ordination of women or wnaking pastors ol them, but in every other respect he was open to ‘conviction, He believed in proving all things and holding fast that which is good, ‘‘And if @ woman 18 good L'il go tor her,” said he, This remark “brougut down the house, ’” THE METHODIST TRAVELLING PREACHERS, This seiect body sat with closed doors yesterday. About seventy-tive of them were admitted by tickets which told the name of the bearer aud certified that he beinga “traveller” was cntitled to admission. Each ticket was signed by the president and tue secretary of the organization. They resolved that no man should be admitted without such ticket unless, us already provided for, by introduction by a member tion by the president und w vote of the m Under this formality, a $400,000 luyman trom Connec- ticut wns initiated yesterday, and beard the casay by Dr. C. N. Sims, of Brooklyn, ou the “Iunerancy.”? The Doctor too, like other high priced itinerants is 1m favor ofan unlimited pastorate. He thinks Methodism 1s flexible enough to admit of such 4 change, but he would make it 80 that it would commend itself to the intelligence of the community wherein it operated. Ho would make exceptions and for cause. The iuimerancy 18 no longer what it was {t us been practically abolished and be would give the sanction of law to it. Dr. Curry opposed the travster system, and so trod lightly on Dr. Sims? toes, who replied curtty, but Dr. Curry disclaimed any personal reflection, and tortu- nutely the press was not represented there or a tre- mendous sensation might have been telegraphed over the land, As it was they retired in good order and left something more to be said on this vexed question next week, The HkRaLp’s article on the ‘Itinerancy”” gave them something to talk about and opened their eyos a little to some views ol the question that they had not looked at And some of the brethren propose to read it before the meeting next week, Dr, Sima corrected oue statement about the percentage of those who remain three years inacharge. The Hxratp, on Dr. Graves’ authority, put itatsix percent, Dr, Sims ways it 18 nearly twenty-live percent. The brethren are to be pledged to secreey, und avy member of the meeting who shail be discovered in'a ‘euky’’ con- dition 18 to be excluded woul suitable repairs can be made in his talking apparatus. The doors wero locked and guarded. THE NORMAL SCHOOLS. Y., March 17, 1877. To Tux Epitor or tak HeraLp:— I beg a place in your columns to thank you in behalf of the graduates of normal schools for your bold edi- torial remarks in Friday’s Henan on normal schools. The greatest encmy of these schools is found in the rapidly petrifying academy faction which, under tho guise of ‘“Krienas of the State,” is the palpable enemy of the public school system, Ono would think from their complaint, as expressed in Mr. Thompson’s late letter to the Albany Journal, that the normal graduates flee with joy to the West and forsake their own State which has educated them, and which now needs their services, Mr. Editor, tuis is false, Nor- mal graduates do not emigrate; they are expelled from the state; not by formal enuctment of the State, but by neglect of educational authorities. The State | has at great pains organized © system tor the preparation of teachers for its schools, and yet bas cone nothing to give its teachers prote ence with public sebool voards. No definite plan exists for Hmiting the number of teachers or making the s ply equal to the demand or keeping them in the State after graduation. The Oswego Board of Education de- cided in 1875 that no teacucr snould be employed un- less a graduate of ibe high school and a student tor one year in methods and practice at the Normal School, Cannot the State do someching in the way of patrouizing its own graduates, insiead of ieaving the! to come into competition on equal terms with non professional tewchers, who, having taken a ‘thirteen wouks’ course’? in the “teachers? class” of some pri vate academy, are complimented with a license 10 teach? The common schools of the rural dis- tricts of this State are filled up largely with incompetent aud inexperienced teachers, who are not even academy graduates, and whose only store of magisterial knowledye 1s gaihed at “fourteen day’? in- atitutes, How can such a preparation for \eaching be compared with a three yeurs’ course 1u one ol the nor- mai seuools? County Commissioners are frequently men of inferior learning, devoted to the interests of the Union schools and academies of tneir districts, id never employing those who patronize their chers’ classes” Instedd of normal graduates. The hormal achools are throwing upon the public com. petent and professional teachers, who are pointed out with pride througbout the coumry, and who only seek employment from necessity in other States, Let the State nurse its own offspring and it will have uo Cause to compiain of ungrateful teachers. Respect. fully, W. 8. SMITH, Graduate Oswego Normal School, MORE LIQUOR SMUGGLING. Following up the seizure of liquors on board of tho German steamer Wieland, Captain Brackett, special Treasury agont, acting on information obtained, de- tailed two of his officera to keep watch on the Fronch steamship Labrador, mow made famous by brinzing the great American Hismarck, Mr. lever B, Sweeny, from France, On Subday night those officers tollowed some of the sailors from the ship to a Sad near the corner of Greenwicty and Morton streots, and seized seventy-six bottles @f brandy, which had been smug- gled ashore and wore boing dolivered at that house, THE NEWCOM-BBUTLER CASE 4 CORONRB’S JURY VIEW THE BODY OF MARY GILMAN'S INFANT—STILLBORN—MB. WASH- INGTON J, BUTLER'’S STATEMENT, Coroner Flanagan, with bis deputy, Dr. Miller, visitea the Morgue yesterday afternoon to view. the body of Eliza Simmons’ infant, which Was OX+ humed at Calvary Cemetery on Sunday, ac- companied by the following jurors:—George Miles, No. 722 Broadway ; W. H. Baxter, of the same place L. S. Silva, No, 726 Broadway; Gilman Claymore, No. 731 Broadway; Clarence Lowell, No, 743 Broadway; Bleecker Van Wagner, No, 751 Broadway; Jobo Dan- fels, No. 759 Broadway; John Kaugbran, No. 763 Broadway; ©. B. Slicher, No, 805 Broadway; 8. Adams, No, 825 Broadway; A. 8, Burt, of same place, and J. H. Pritcnard, No. 16 Union square, The dead body was in a rough pine board coffin and was laid on the window sill in the Coroners’ room. The jury walked past it in single file while Coroner Flanagan held the lid up to afford them an opportunity of view- ing the deceased, The remains seemed to be those of & white infant.- This 1s the body of the cuild whose birth and death have occasioned so much trouble to Mr. Butler and Dr Newcomb on the complaint of Detective Boland, Dr, Miller made an autopsy to ascertain whether the child had been the victitn of malpractice or not, ucd when be bad concluded bis examination the reporters asked nim tor the resalt, but belore the Doctor could give any reply Coroner’ Flanagan interposed, and acted as though be did not desire the press to make public what the autopsy revealed, He satd quickly, “Ob, 10's a sullborn child—a stillborn child.” And Dr, Miller, nodding an assent, hurried to his buggy and drove r. idly away. The inquest will take place to-day, ut half- past one P. M. STATEMENT OF MR. WASHINGTON J, BUTLER, A representutive of the Heap culled upon Mr. But- ler ut his oflice yesterday aud obained the following statement irom that gentieman:—*“1 have been tu- tormed from vartous sources that the United States Life Insurance Company bave lad detectives watching me for three mouths, L have known that to be the fact, but bad no reason to think that the company woul resort to anything except what would affect me profes- sionally, in order to defend themselves against an ac- ou whlch I bad against (hem. A morving paper re- ports @ statement by Mr. Brosnan, of the United States Life, that 1 would be disbarred, and 1 have been credibly informed to the same eflect from various sources for months past. Mr. De Witt, the lute president of the insurance company, is alleged to bave stated that ul ompauy had expended $30,000 in fighting two lawsuits againat it, aud that he would expend any amount to ruin me professionally. These facts can be proven by credible gentlemen, My oly accusers are Mr. Boland, who is im the pay of tne Unitea States Life, and has been em- ployed by it for the purpose uf shadowing me on account of my litigation against it, and the woman Carey, who to my kuowledge und’ trom the state- ment of Dr. Satterice, police surgeon, way intoxicated when she gave the iuformation to Boland, but who, before the police magistrate, denied all the statements ‘implicating either wyself or Dr, Newcomb, The re- port ina morning paper, purporting to bo the stato- ment of Dr, Satteriee as to what 1 said, and as to any- thing boing suid about fixing things, and as to Gil- moro’s statement touching the paternity ot the child, was areport of frank and truthiul statements, aud, being made by a gentleman not only eminent in bis profession, but also connected with the Police Depart- ment, it should lave great weight, HIS RELATIONS WITH MRS. GILMORE. My relations with Mra Gilmore were thee of her employer to one who had served myself and my chil- dren and thoso of charity and humanity, 1 do not charge the insurance company With directly instigat- ing the particular action which Boland took; but chargo it, and accept the responsibility of 80 doing, with employing detectives for unworthy, unbusiness- like and unprofessional objects—that 18, Ww secure tho means of discrediting a lawyer personally and socially for the sole purpose of iutimidating him from the performance of his protessional duty, For months past both my clients and myself have been approached by parties cither in the service of or friendly to the insurance company for the pur- pose of discovering, if possible, the shghtest flaw in our professional relations; to sce whether my clicnts sought me or | sought my chients to bring the action which I am conducting against the company. RCIT AGAINST THE INSURANCE COMPANY, Failing to accomplish this object or learning that I was regularly and professionally retained as counsel, aud that 1 had appealea to the courts in a lawful and proper manner for the redress of tho wrongs of which my clients complained, the company then resorted to a stroke at my private character, The United States Life ridicules the character and the magnitude of the action pending against it, and a finds it necessary to employ the eminent counsel Mr. A. J. Vanderpoel to defend it, and to resort to other means in the hope of its withdrawal. The action was commenced in October last and the company has succeeded in evading the service of the answer to the complaint until the present time. The point upon which the company is most sensitive, judging from the course of its defence, 1s that part of the complaint which relates to defrauding policy bolders und enrich- ing the company’s officials by carrying ona system of changing policies, set on foot, as in the caso of the bankropt Continental, for the purpose of in- dividual aggrandizoment by saving what is called the reserve, A motion was made to strike out this por- tion of the complaint as irrelevant or redundant, and, after au elaborate argument before Judge Robinson in bebalf of the company, such motion wi denied, whereupon application was mado for a 7 of proceedings tor tho purpose of Ppeal, which application was also denied, The coin- plaint charges, in substance, a conspiracy oo the spart of the officers and directors of the United States Life Insurance Company to sell out the com. pany for the purpose of securing its assets by the pro- cess of reinsurance or amalgamation with some otber company, One object of the action is to enjom this proceeding on the part of the company and to compel it to continue to pursue its legitimate business, “fhe complaint then a!loges that one of the plaintiffs origivally held two policies of $5,000 each, and that this plaintiff was induced to surrender this and to accept a new policy for $10,000 in December, 1871, and that to induce bim to make the change, be was persuaded by the compauy to believe that the former Policies had acquired certain value and that the com- pany would allow bim the amount of such value, This plaintiff claims that the amount thus allowed was but a small portion of the nmount that should have been granted and but a fraction of the actual surrender Yalue of iia former policies, It was also alleged by the plaintiff that it has been for many years the practice, through misrepresentation of tho ollicers of the com- pany, to induce old policy holders to change them accept new ones iu their stead for # ot individual gain to tne officers agers of the company. These practices, the plaint atieges, bave been curried on #0 extensively thut the parties in question have thereby wrongtully appropriated over $1,500,000, and resorted to several devices to carry out their schemes, ‘his action was brought, not only in behalt of the nominal plaints, whose policies amouut to $12,000, but also in behalf ot all the policy holders of the company, ot whow, prob. ably, many others are entitled to the samo relief as theso plaintitts. ‘THK RETAINER QUESTION. “Mr. Brosnan, the superintendent of agencies for the company, charges me with seeking # retainer 48 coun. sel for the company, {deny the charge. Iu July last 1 called to see the president of the company at the re- quest of a gentleman representing a party of capitalists who desired to buy stock of the company. [ met Mr, Brosnan, aud was informed that no stock could bo purchased, On rising to take my leave I suid to him, in a casual and social manner, ‘If your company, which, I suppose, has its own counsel, ever has occa. sion for other professional services, give mo a call.’ Lasked for no retainer and expected none, That is tho substance of my only interview with Mr. Brosnan. 1 will only add that while { should not speak of my- self and should speak rather of my bad than my good actions, on many occasions whon I havo been tracked by detectives, I havo, in fact, been engaged in a wholiy ubostentatioug work of personal charity among the poorest of the poor, and in so doing I may have been misunderstood and unjustly suspected of unworthy motiver,’”” COSTLY WATER WORKS. ‘The Committee on Water and Drainage, to whom was referred the communication from the Department of City Works in relation to the new engine house at Ridgewood, reported a preamble and resolution setting forth that {n their opinion it 18 necessary that imme- diate action should be taken for the construction of an additional engine and pumping station. In case of an accident to either of the engines now ft use it would cause great inconvenience to the residents of Brooklyn by the diminisned supply of water, It would also save a large amount of water now going to waste during tho tme of freshets, by being so arranged as to pomp directly into the mains if #0 required, ‘Tho committee recommended that water bonds be issued for said purpose, to the amount of $100,000, and that the Mayor, Comptroller and City Clerk ‘be ,authorized to issue bonds in the sum requisite, On the requisition of the Commissioners of the Department of City Works. Alderman Murtha inquired whether the money could be taken from the water revenue fund without incurring tho necessity of the issue of water bonds of tho city. chairman of the committee, Mr. Roy, said that the money would have to be issued in the regular form. The report, after consideravie discussion, was relerred back to the committee, 3 CHEAPER MIL To tne Epttor or tae HEeraup: In your article headed ‘Cheaper Milk” there isa mistake about the price of mlik and proiits, We have been in tho milk business twenty y and have kept continually twenty cows, more or less, We buy our feed ior cash, and we find, alter a close calculation, that to raise pure milk it costs us six cents the year round, We also buy 100 quarts at Forty-eighth street depot and pay cash five and three-quarter cents for six months, This iuclides freight and all. Each wagon retails about 130 quarts, and out of 150 quarts wo lowe filteen quarts by drippings. We pay a boy for driving $3 a week, $64 month for horseshoeing and sharpeoiog four months of the year, $) a week tor focd; then the wear and tear of wagons and ;, Wo are also working Jrom two o'clock through or, Tho wilk we raise is better than any nuilk we cau buy; therefore 1t cost us one-quarter ol a centmore, Let alt people wanting pure milk beware of thoue soven cent swindiors who represent that th [mz an are selling pare milk when they kuow they at water, I hoy ou will kindly int a td valuable paper a Justice to oe Ae, B bo Saad —TRIPLE SHEET. IS IT “WRECKING.” Singular Allegations in the Suits Against the Guardian Life Insurance Company. ONE OF THE SCHEMERS. Drawing Up a Complaint and Then Search- ing for a Plaintiff, ee ACTION NEEDING. EXPLANATION, The reference before William Allen Butlor, in the proceedings of Hoyt vs. the Continental, was reopened yesterday at No, 22 Nassau street, In order to permit Mr, Rapbuel J. Mosesto put in some uew testimony respecting Receiver Anderson’s accounts. On account of the absence of the latter's attorneys, and of some who had beer subpoenaed as witnesses, the examina- ton was postponed until Thursday next, Of all the present insurance troubles, that which at- tracts the greatest interest 4s in the matter of the North America and Guardian Mutual companies, The insti- gation, commencement and sudden interruption of the suits against these two companies have becn matters of much comment und speculation, In the proceed- ings at White Piains on Saturday lai Counsellor Hill referred to ‘certain papers” which the defence had served upon him, and which he pro- posed to read in court, This was objected to by the defence, and the contents were not then divulged. These papers were affidavits made to prove that the suits were not properly or honorably instituted, The main portions of them aro given below, and if they represent the truth, they reflect in no ght manner upon the character of the plaintif’s proceedings, Insurance ‘wrecking’’ is o process which po one at the present time, and certainly not the policy holders, will re- gard with sufferanco, In these sults, which are stil! being pushed, tho defendants have not yet boen heard; butthe affidavit of President Farber below emphati- cally denies all charges of mismanagement. Mr. Kurber says that instead of ‘mproperly inducing North America policy holders to sell or change to the Uni- versal, as alleged, ho issued a circular to the policy holders especially requesting them to inform the man- agoment of any misrepresentations by agents. Mr. C, L Roberts made an affidavit for plaintiffin the suit ubove mentioned, and he now makes another explana- tory of that action. AFFIDAVIT OF 0, 4. ROBERTS. In this Instrument doponent says that he resides in No. 167 Washington street, Brooklyn, and that he first knew of this litigation of Belknan vs. tho North America Life Insurance Company about the 22d of February last. Prior to that time he bad mes Jacob C. Horton and George W. Olney. There was an advertisement in the New York Hrraup, ad- dressed to the policy holders in the North ‘America Lile Insurance Company, which he answered, in reply G. W. Oiney called at his house on February 3 and 4, but deponent was not ip on eithor occasion. Olney leit bis address ag No, 180 Roude street, and on ueaday, February 6, deponent called t! He asked for Mr, Olnoy, and a geptioman introduced bimselt as J. C, Horton, and inquired bis business. Deponent rephed that be had galled relative to the advertisement, and asked Mr. Horton it ho wasa policy holder in the North America, Mr. Horton replicd that he was not, and inquired if deponent would be willing to give such iniurmation as be possessed re- epecting the company under tho control of H. J. Fur- ber, Deponent asked what use be proposed to make ot the information and what grievance he had ag: i M He said that Mr. Furber had ch a him out of $30,000; that be bad sold Mr. Furber the Charter Uak Life Insurance Company and was to receive $50,u00, of which $30,000 was still owing to him. Horton further said that be pro- posed bringing a sult on behalf of policy holders in the North America and Guardian companies; that they had a strong combination bebind them, aud eminent counsel, and they proposed to throw the companies into the bands of a friendly frecoiver. Horton said that be had been at this matter over a year, and bad spent a large amount of mon therel: Depouent asked how Horton expected to get his money back, and how ho (deponent) was to be compensated. Horton an- ered that all who their aid would receive appointments under the receiver, and be handso1 compensated. He mentioned as possible recei John W. Bigelow, formerly of Bigelow & Coyt, and another name hke Copperthwaite, and still others which depouent did not remembor, Deponent then went with Horton to the Astor House, and gavo him his address, Oo the day followmg deponent in the Astor House parlors, when Horton came in stated that he had sent to deponent’s ad- dross to get an Interview, as he was going out of town, He asked deponent if ho was williog to visit Mr. Jobo L Hull, who was to be couusel in the case. They went to Hill’s office together and had half an hour’s inter- view with Mr. Hill, On the evening of the firet day that no met Horton they had an appointment at Olney’s bouse, No. 64 Livingston jar Brooklyn. There deponent met Vincy sad a Mr. Brown, The subject of their conversation was the proposed suits, SKAKCHING FOR POLICY HOLDERS. Deponent made several engagements with Horton which were not kept by the former. On one occasion ho was to have :net Mr. B. G. Jayne atthe St. Jamos Hotel, but he did not arrive until formed that Jayne had been bunting up evid specting the investments of the companies, D met Viney and Horton, who said it was too la 20 Jayne that night. Deponent nextday met Olney and Horton at the Astor House, when.they talked over the same subject. Tho matter went along until Feb- ruary. 21, when deponent and Horton bad an en- gagement at the Hoffman House in the evening. ihey missed euch other, and when _ deponent reached bis home he found a note from Horton ro- questing him to bo without fall at Mr. Jobo Hill's office on the 22d of February, leven A. M. Ho went there at that hour and 2 Jayne, A, M. Lockwood and 1, 3. Flattery. Deponent was with Hil until twenty minutes past seven that evoning. 0 complains. aud aflid: vite in the suits aguinst the North America and one against the Guardian was then drawn, depo- nent supplying the facts. The plaintiffs’ names were not in the complaints, and deponent did not boar any names of plaintiffs mentioned, Lockwood and Horton went out and returned togetber at about five o'clock, when there was talk about some man they bad been to sce ag plaintiff, but who declined. Then Lockwoud sald he bad better go to ¥ und get Bel- knup, and have him on band the morning. He was to bring Belknap to the Law Library in the Brooklyn Court House next day. Shortly after Lock- wood’s departure deponent and Hill went to supper, and deponent went to Hill’s house at eleven o’clock the next evening to read over the renee which he had not yet sworn to There were several clerks there copying, Deponent re- mained an kad and left. On Friday morning they the met at Law Library and deponent was introduced to Belknap, “Hill read the complaint 10 Belknap, and some other papers and letters, and Beiknap swore to The complaint in y, as John F. Henry, who w nti, had not been seen or had declined to bring the sul, No application was made to the Court on that day, ‘A SUIT WITHOUT A PLUNTIFY, On Saturday Fiattery and Lockwood were hunting up & Guardian policy holder, aud they found a mao named Smith, William J., deponent believes, and they reported at Horton’s office that Smith would be at ‘Hill’s house that night, and ho was to bring the surtin case Henry positi' deciined. Deponent and Horton wout to Hill’s house in the evening, but the latter was not at home. As they w out a carriage drove up containing Lockwood, Flattery and-Smith. When they retarned again, they tound t! there with Hil Mr. Smith deciimed to do anything uotil be bad seen his counsel, Mr, Turner, The fatter was sent for, and Hill read ‘him the complaint and stated that pro- posed to sever the connection betwoon the companies, ‘vurner told Smith that if the gentlemen would indem- nity him there was no reason why be should not pro- ceed, but at the same time it was a matter for himself to decide. After a cunsuitation between Turner, Hill and Smith, 1t was decided that Hill should seo Smith on Monday at eight o’clock. Deponent was complaint, informed that they wanted a policy holder in the Guardian, who lived in Brooklyn, henge | wanted the action to be brought in Kings county, Deponent called on a man named Meighan in Brooklyn, and one named Augustin Murdock in New York, with a view of making them plaintiffs, but it resulted in noth- ing. The next deponent heard of the Guardian case was the announcement in tbe papers that it was brought by K. Tremaine. Depo- nent read the complaint in this caso, and it was ‘substantially the same as that prepared for Henry, and which Smith was asked to bo plaintiff in, Deponent does not know Tremaine, nor who found him and induced him to be plainuif. Ho was obtained at the last moment, alter Henry and Smith had declined. From ail deponent saw and heard of the transactions tho suits were brought under the direction of Jacob ©. Horton, George W. Olnoy, A. N. Lockwood, Mr. Brown and B. G, Jayne, and none of them, oxcepting Lockwood, aro policy holders to desponent’s knowledge. The whole Interest and scope of the proceedings appeared to be made for the purpose of having a person apy ornted receiver Who would reward the partics, except Horton, who said Farber was a great rascal und bo was ‘going for his scaip and to show him up.’? OTHER APYIDAVITS, In substantiation of the above are several affidavits, of Which but an outhne 18 given below, Wiliam Smith, whose name is mentioned above as a possible pens, tostitles to the fact stated above thut ono A. N. Lock- wood called upon him about Febri 24, und asked him to become a platntiff in an action about to be com. menced against the Guardian Mutaol, Tho circum- stances of the meoting at Mr, Hili’s house are also i sie" Maury B. Torner, counsel of Mr, Smith, also THE GALLANT RESCUE OF AN AGED COUPLE BY an affidavit m which ne relates upon to advise his olent, who had tose sohetted to act ag plaintiff in the suit u Guardian Mutual. ‘hen he called at om home the jatter stated that Le did not kno Mr. Smith and did not expect he was to be plaintitl; that there were quite a number of persor similarly situated, and that some other man,as he under. stood it, had been expected to bring the sai, Mr, Hill alterward icformed the deponent’s partner that Gen- eral Tremaine had personally applied to him to be made plaintiff in the uit pa alc ame Shes kel ou > President of the North America, Mr. Hen: Furber, alleges in an affidavit that the naan oe Lockwood and Flattery, made on the part of plaintiff jp the suit of Belknap va. the North Amei are so far as they allege apy efforts having m™ or permitted on the part of the oificers of 1 company to compel or induce, by improper mea sures, the policy bolders to sell out their or to chaoge them to the Universal company. Deponent says that shortly after becomin; connected with the North America mailed print circulars to ull the policy holders warnmg them from any such solicitations on the part of the company’s agents as did not appear profitable to them; that tne agents of the North America and the Guardian have at all times been instructed not to use avy improper means to induce policy holders to sell or change, and whenever it has come to the knowledge of the officers or managers that such false representatieus bave been made by agents, such and for a repetition of 'd from the employ. of the company; y policy holder hag complained that he was improperly indaced to sell or exchange his policy the officers and man- agers bave invariably offered to restore such policy to the samo position as it wan before — soiling or changing; tbat evcry facility has been offered to the policy holders of the North America to pay thelr premiums, and that ume payments have Bote ex: tended and have been accepted when past due and the policies werv legally forfeited, Dopouent further says that at the time of his election to the presidency ot ti North America the company was 1 a failing conditior and had it not been for tho assistance of deponent an ssociates it woula of necessity have passed into the hands of a receiver; that neither he mor any other officer of the company has received any compensation whatevor, either directly or indirectly, beyond an an- nual salary for services, and that none of them havo profited in any manner by reason of tho saving on ree worve of policies purchased or forfeited in said company, WHAT THE MANAGEMENT CLAIMS, Deponent says that at (he time he became conneoted with the North America more thin $2,000,000 out of an aggregate of less than $3,500,000 in real estate see curities were in great danger of being lost to the com- pany on account of a jous defect in the ttle; and these securities were finally saved through the care- ful mauagement of himself and his associates, That when deponent camo into the — office of president the agents of the North America were informed of the condition of the company and of the course contemplated by the management; that tho agents approved of theplans. and during the past twe years have curnestly assisted in carryimg them out; that A. Nowmun Lockwood, mentioned above, was one of tho approving agents and bas changed large number of policies, received the commission thereon, and never complained to de. ponent that be thought there was anything wrong Io the management, That T. 5S, Flattery was also an agent for moretban a year, and has 0 assisted Jo currying out the plans of the management without com- nt ‘The facts in Mr. Furber’s aflidavit ar by affidavits of Jolin H. Bewloy, vice president; Georga L. Montugue, secretary, and Scott A. McKenzie and Nelson F. Evang, agents of tho North America, IMPRISONED IN LIRE, A POLICE OFFICER—HIS FIGHT WITH THE FLAMES. At a hittle after two o’clock, yesterday morning, Officer Nugent, of tho Seventh precinct, was patrolling his beat when he discovered smoke issuing from the two story and attic frame building, No, 227 Cherry street, At once he hasteved to the nearest signal box, gavo an alarm and hurried back to the burning house, From o window in the upper floor the fire flashed out into the darkpess, and us the officer camo undoseath it a gray haired old man for a moment leanod out upon the sill, and ina frantic, half dazed way calied for help. The ball door was fastened, but it took Nugent only a moment to burst it in, He rapped for assistarce, too, before mounting tho stairs, and leaving Officer Reagan, whom be saw coming, to follow him, he sought the room where be had seen the affrighted old man, The house was an oldone, with crazy wooden stairways, low, narrow doors and light partitions that would barn like tinder if the fre reached them. Nugent saw this, and as he went up he beat with bis club upon the walls and shout “Fire !’? to alarm the sleeping inmates, Un the secon story was the door opening into the burning room, and from the cracks the suffocating smoke was creeping and fillmg tho hallway, ‘his dour, locke but the officer forced it and prevent its being. driven in- ze, and the cloud of smoke pouring from it half suffocated Nugent and backward the other officor who followed at his A BRAVE RESCUK. To enter the apartment it was necessary to creep in op all fours, and muifiing§his head in his coat Nugent ushed in. Fora moment the rush of smoke into tho alway cleared the room, and then he saw lying against the door a womau insensible with her limbs scarred and her clothing burnt, and trom the place where she lay he found it impossible to move her. Upon a bed, and almost dead with terror and suffoca~ tion, lay the old man wno had appeared at the window, He wi utterly helplesss, and had covered up his head as if he bad resigned himself to the tate that seemed inevitable, Lifting the decrepid old mau in his arms, Officer Nugent squeezed through the narrow opening and bore him down stairs, and then with the other policeman he burst the door from its fastenings, and go was able to remove the burnt and unconscious woman to a place of safety. By this time flames were leaping from the windows, and the low projecting roof catcning fire, blazed up and alarmed the neighborhood, The rattle of a com- ing engine, too, sounded near, but Oflicer Nugent, thinking that speody action might save tne building, burried again into the blazing room. Reagan tollowed him, but once more tho deadly breath of the fire drove him back, and the oth was left to grope his way through the burning building, and to make an effort, as vain as it was bold, to stay the progress of the flames, Ho hud wrapped bis coat about the rescued woman, and now that he lacked that covering the smoke penetrated his Jungs and nearly blinded him. The heat became in- tense, and when he sought the stairs to make his way out he found them all ablaze. A FRARFCL POSITION Driven back into the room, witn his hair singed and his clothing burned, the officer was forced to lie upon the floor to escape suffocation, and in that way ho was groping about almost at random when a stream of ‘water thrown into the room dissipated the smoke and showed him a window. Crushing through the glase and woodwork he called for belp and attempted to de seend, but a lot of nails and iron lattice work caught 10 his rm and fora while he hung suspended, with the firo blazing out on either side of him, From his precarious position he was rescued by his fellow officer anda number of firemen. Tho rescued inmates o! the house were Dénnis Duane, an old man of seventy-five, and his sister, Maria, who is fifty-six years of age, They were taken to Bellov: Hospital, where the woman’s tujuries were dec! fear 4 fatal. Her limbs are dreadfully burned, and er body suffered badly, Old Dennis Dui injur‘esare notso serious, but the shock and suffocation have cor pletely prostrated him, On the arrival of the engines the fire was put out. The dai 19 to the building, which belongs to Edgar Peck, of No. 144 East Seven- teenth street, amounts to $500, Charles Sandrick, o loses $100, and ), is destroyed, harness maker on the first floor, tho Duanes’ furniture, valued at $: CAPTAIN WILLIAMS’ TRAPEZE ACT. To tux Evirox ov THe Henan: In anawor to ‘A Citizen” and “0, W. 8,” in Sun day’s Heratp, I must say they aro wrong in thoi statement of the trapozo affair at Robinson Hall last Thursday night. I was there, and in justice to Cuptain Williams stato that the net was not spread under the performer, who wasa woman. It was thrown care~ Jessly over the orchestra rail. Captain Wilhams walked down the alsio and spoke to tho three menu who wero lounging under tho trapeze, They then took the net trom the rail and spread it in & loose manner under the perlormer, waiked hulf way to the door, ca one of the three men who hel turned to the audience and said, law to perform oh the trapez without having a net proporly spread and secured underneath the per. former, we will do away with the not to-night” Ho then told the performer (who I since heard was his wife) to come down; she sald, “No; this ts the way I make my living, and [ will finish my act.” He again told her to come down, which she did. As soon as her feet touched the floor, her husband took her by the arm, and at the same timo made some r rk to Captain Williams, which I did notbear, Captain Williams put out bis band to grasp him, and in steps ping back to avoid Williams he fell, Captain Willams did not strike him, Serbert, the manager, then camo rushing from behind the scenes, aud ordered the woe man aud her busbund on the stage. He was very graft in bis language to them and to Captain Wittens. They wont on the stage, followed by Williams, who arrested the manager, Captain Williams acted in a very quiet and gentlemanly manner throuchout the whole affair, und all gentiemen who were presont will say tho same, B. E. G., No, 269 Third avenue, BROOKLYN BUILDING INSPECTIONS, The Law Committee of the Brooklyn Board of Alder- men reported yesterday in favor of the payment of the bill of Mossrs, Arthur Cruoks & Gaylor, architects, amounting to $2,390, for the inspection and survey of tho public buildings of that city, which work was per- formed in accordance with the direction of the Com- mon Council in December jusi, subsequent to the burning of the Brooklyn Theatre. Mayor Schrooder vetoed the bill whon previously ordered to bo paid, on the ground that the work had boon done under the orders of the Board of last year und the amount was excessive, Tho resolution Was Guanimously adopted,